Ted Chiang

¿Qué pasaría si un inocente juguete dinamitara nuestra noción de libre albedrío? ¿Y si fuera posible ponerse en contacto con versiones de nosotros mismos en otras líneas temporales? No importa cuál sea el tema que trate Ted Chiang en sus narraciones, siempre demuestra una formidable habilidad para indagar en los enigmas de la condicion humana y abordar los conflictos eticos que la relacion con la tecnologia plantea en nuestra existencia, desde una perspectiva abiertamente positiva y vitalista. Reveladores, elegantes y sorprendentes, los relatos de Exhalacion situan a Ted Chiang entre los autores indiscutibles de la literatura estadounidense actual.

A science fiction genius Ted Chiang is a superstar The Guardian With Stories of Your Life and Others his masterful debut collection multiple award winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably varied stories From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth to the firmament above to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and reality Chiang s unique imagination invites us to question our understanding of the universe and our place in it The title novella Story of Your Life was the basis for the Academy Award winning film Arrival starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner United by a humane intelligence that speaks very directly to the reader and makes us experience each story with immediacy and Chiang s calm passion China Mieville author of The City & The City Part of the Picador Collection a series showcasing the best of modern literateure

Una torre que se alza sobre la llanura mesopotámica hasta tocar la bóveda del cielo. Dos hombres que alcanzan un grado de inteligencia tan alto que se asemejan a dioses. La prueba de que las matemáticas carecen de sentido. Un lenguaje alienigena que permite a quienes lo leen expandir su consciencia a lo largo del tiempo.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Previously published as Stories of Your Life and Others With his masterful first collection, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his trademark precise and evocative prose. From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth with the heavens above, to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life; from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty, to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and reality...Chiang's rigorously imagined fantasia invites us to question our understanding of the universe and our place in it. Copies of Arrival will feature either Amy Adams or Jeremy Renner on the cover.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Amy Adams. Combining the precision and scientific curiosity of Kim Stanley Robinson with Lorrie Moore's cool, clear love of language and narrative intricacy, this award-winning collection offers readers the dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar. "Stories of Your Life and Others"presents characters who must confront sudden change the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens while striving to maintain some sense of normalcy. In the amazing and much-lauded title story, a grieving mother copes with divorce and the death of her daughter by drawing on her knowledge of alien languages and non-linear memory recollection. A clever pastiche of news reports and interviews chronicles a college's initiative to "turn off" the human ability to recognize beauty in "Liking What You See: A Documentary." With sharp intelligence and humor, Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty and constant change, and also by beauty and wonder."

One of the most exciting writers in science fiction . . . Although dark in premise, these parables - threaded through with references to ancient mythology and folklore - are filled with hope and humanism: a balm for anxious souls.' - Daily TelegraphFrom the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others - the basis for the Academy Award nominated film Arrival - comes a groundbreaking second collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories. These are tales that tackle some of humanity's oldest questions along with new quandaries that only Ted Chiang could imagine.In 'The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate', a portal through time forces a fabric-seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past errors and the temptation of second chances. In the epistolary 'Exhalation', an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications not just for his own people, but for all of reality. In 'Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom', the ability to glimpse into alternate universes necessitates a radically new examination of the concepts of choice and free will.

"Una torre que se alza sobre la llanura mesopotámica hasta tocar la bóveda del cielo. Dos hombres que alcanzan un grado de inteligencia tan alto que se asemejan a dioses. La prueba de que las matemáticas carecen de sentido. Un lenguaje alienigena que permite a quienes lo leen expandir su consciencia a lo largo del tiempo. La cabala y la teoria de la preformacion se combinan en una Inglaterra victoriana salida de nuestros sueños, o de nuestras pesadillas. Ante la llegada de los metahumanos, la ciencia humana se ve reducida a una nota a pie de pagina. En un universo donde Dios existe sin que quepa ninguna duda, ¿es posible no amarle? Y si pudieras programarte para ignorar las apariencias, ¿te arriesgarias a perder toda percepcion de la belleza humana? Ted Chiang, galardonado con el premio John W. Campbell Jr., brilla como una nova en el firmamento de la ciencia-ficcion. Con un premio Hugo, tres Nebula, un Sturgeon, un Kurd Lasswitz, dos Seiun, un Sidewise y dos Locus, La historia de tu vida es un libro imprescindible. En 2016, el relato que da nombre a esta antologia ha sido llevado al cine bajo el titulo La llegada (por Denis Villeneuve, con Amy Adams y Jeremy Renner), cosechando un enorme exito mundial y lanzando a Ted Chiang al estrellato de los autores de ciencia-ficcion mejor adaptados. "

Premio Locus 2003La obra completa del último gran maestro de la ciencia-ficción.Una torre que se alza sobre la llanura mesopotámica hasta tocar la bóveda del cielo. Dos hombres que alcanzan un grado de inteligencia tan alto que se asemejan a dioses. La prueba de que las matematicas carecen de sentido. Un lenguaje alienigena que permite a quienes lo leen expandir su consciencia a lo largo del tiempo. La cabala y la teoria de la preformacion se combinan en una Inglaterra victoriana salida de nuestros sueños, o de nuestras pesadillas. Ante la llegada de los metahumanos, la ciencia humana se ve reducida a una nota a pie de pagina. En un universo donde Dios existe sin que quepa ninguna duda, ¿es posible no amarle? Y si pudieras programarte para ignorar las apariencias, ¿te arriesgarias a perder toda percepcion de la belleza humana?Ted Chiang, galardonado con el premio John W. Campbell Jr., brilla como una nueva estrella en el firmamento de la ciencia-ficcion. Con un premio Hugo, tres Nebula, un Sturgeon, un Seiun, un Sidewise y dos Locus, La historia de tu vida es un libro imprescindible."Chiang no se prodiga como escritor, pero sus relatos casi inefablemente maravillosos funcionan con la precision de un reloj... y estallan en la consciencia del lector con una fuerza devastadora."Kirkus Reviews"Esta forma de revolucion mental solo puede practicarse con tanta intensidad en distancias cortas; si estos relatos fueran mucho mas largos, la cabeza de los lectores podria estallar."Publishers Weekly"No es probable que se publique en muchos años otra antologia tan elegante y precisa como esta."Locus

Here are eight astonishing science-fiction stories that explore the boundaries between science and religion, between determinism and our ability to choose, between words and the entities they describe. Here are stories of conceptual breakthrough...of making sense of the universe and our place in it. 'What a pleasure it is to read Chiang...Can he be the best SF writer to come down the pike in the past thirty years? I honestly believe that he is' Harry Harrison 'Superb and thought-provoking. I could run out of superlatives trying to describe Chiang's work. Stories of Your Life is the best collection of short stories, novellas and novelettes I have ever read...Ted Chiang will blow you away with this astonishing collection' The Alien Online

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L’immense talent de Ted Chiang consiste à inventer des mondes radicalement nouveaux, ne répondant pas à nos lois physiques, dans lesquels les machines en disent long sur notre humanité. Dans "Le marc

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREPreviously published as Stories of Your Life and OthersWith his masterful first collection, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his trademark precise and evocative prose.From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth with the heavens above, to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life; from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty, to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and reality. . .Chiangs rigorously imagined fantasia invites us to question our understanding of the universe and our place in it.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF THENEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant storiestwo published for the very first timeall from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and Others Tackling some of humanitys oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these stories will change the way you think, feel, and see the world. They are Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic, revelatory. Ted Chiang tackles some of humanitys oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine.In The Merchant and the Alchemists Gate, a portal through time forces a fabric seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and second chances. In Exhalation, an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications that are literally universal. In Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom, the ability to glimpse into alternate universes necessitates a radically new examination of the concepts of choice and free will.

Previously published as Stories of Your Life and Others. Includes "Story Of Your Life," the basis for the major motion picture Arrival, starring Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, and directed by Denis Villeneuve.A swell movie adaptation always sends me to the source material, so Arrival had me pick up Ted Chiangs Stories of Your Life and Others: lean, relentless, and incandescent. Colson Whitehead, GQTed Chiang has long been known as one of the most powerful science fiction writers working today. Offering readers the dual delights of the very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, Arrival presents characters who must confront sudden change. In "Story of Your Life," which provides the basis for the film Arrival, alien lifeforms suddenly appear on Earth. When a linguist is brought in to help communicate with them and discern their intentions, her new knowledge of their language and its nonlinear structure allows her to see future events and all the joy and pain they may bring. In each story of this incredible collection, with sharp intelligence and humor, Ted Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by wonder.

From the author of Exhalation, an award-winning short story collection that blends "absorbing storytelling with meditations on the universe, being, time and space ... raises questions about the nature of reality and what it is to be human" (The New York Times).A Los Angeles Times Best Fiction Book of the Last 30 YearsStories of Your Life and Others delivers dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, often presenting characters who must confront sudden changethe inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of alienswith some sense of normalcy. With sharp intelligence and humor, Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by beauty and wonder. An award-winning collection from one of todays most lauded writers, Stories of Your Life and Others is a contemporary classic.Includes Story of Your Lifethe basis for the major motion picture Arrival

A Vintage Shorts Short Story Month Selection Together with a crew of other miners and cart-pullers, Hillalum is recruited to climb the Tower of Babylon and unearth what lies beyond the vault of heaven. During his journey, Hillalum discovers entire civilizations of tower-dwellers on the towerthere are those who live inside the mists of clouds, those who raise their vegetables above the sun, and those who have spent their lives under the oppressive weight of an endless, white stratum at the top of the universe. Tower of Babylon is a rare gema winner of the prestigious Nebula award, the first story Ted Chiang ever published, and the brilliant opening piece to Chiangs much-lauded first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, which is soon to be a major motion picture starring Amy Adams. An ebook short.

¿Qué pasaría si un inocente juguete dinamitara nuestra noción de librealbedrío? ¿Y si fuera posible ponerse en contacto con versiones de nosotrosmismos en otras líneas temporales? Si creáramos mascotas virtualesprovistas de una inteligencia artificial que les permitiera aprender como sifueran niños humanos, ¿que clase de compromiso etico deberiamos asumircon su educacion y su futuro? ¿Y que ocurriria si pudieramos visionarcualquier episodio de nuestra vida tal como sucedio, sin el matiz afectivoy el sesgo interpretativo de lo que llamamos recuerdos?No importa cual sea el tema que trate Ted Chiang en sus narraciones,siempre demuestra una formidable habilidad para indagar en los enigmasde la condicion humana y abordar los conflictos eticos que la relacioncon la tecnologia plantea en nuestra existencia. Lejos del enfoquedistopico hoy predominante en las narraciones futuristas, las historias deChiang muestran una perspectiva abiertamente positiva y vitalista, delineandopreguntas filosoficas de un enorme calado humano.Ted Chiang es uno de los nombres insoslayables de la ciencia ficcion,genero en el que desde hace años goza del mas solido prestigio, comoatestigua la infinidad de premios que su obra ha recibido; reveladores, elegantesy sorprendentes, los relatos de "Exhalacion" lo situan, sencillamente,entre los autores indiscutibles de la literatura estadounidense actual.